Oil Consumption solved....
Oil Consumption solved.... I have the car below with only 16,000 miles on it and had a bad oil consumption problem. 1 Quart of Mobil 1 5w30 every 500 miles..!!!! Updated the PCV valve with the new one from GM (which solved the deceleration smoking with the MAC's and some of the consumption) and changed to Royal Purple 20w-50 and 90% of the consumption has been reduced.
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<small>[ February 28, 2003, 04:15 PM: Message edited by: redrumss ]</small>
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<small>[ February 28, 2003, 04:15 PM: Message edited by: redrumss ]</small>
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Re: Oil Consumption solved.... </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by redrumss:
<strong> I have the car below with only 16,000 miles on it and had a bad oil consumption problem. 1 Quart of Mobil 1 5w30 every 500 miles..!!!! Updated the PCV valve with the new one from GM (which solved the deceleration smoking with the MAC's and some of the consumption) and changed to Royal Purple 20w-50 and 90% of the consumption has been reduced.
LS1tech leads the way when it comes to fixing things....that's for sure. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Since I added Macs I have been going through 1 qt every 1,000 miles with bad WOT blueish smoking, I tried the Valvoline Extended life 10w-30 but it didn't help, I wonder if I mixed in a qt of 20w-50? I heard thats too heavy and will casue a big loss of HP! any ideas? my car never used a drop of oil before the headers with Amsoil 10w-30
<small>[ March 06, 2003, 11:05 AM: Message edited by: LS1JAY ]</small>
<strong> I have the car below with only 16,000 miles on it and had a bad oil consumption problem. 1 Quart of Mobil 1 5w30 every 500 miles..!!!! Updated the PCV valve with the new one from GM (which solved the deceleration smoking with the MAC's and some of the consumption) and changed to Royal Purple 20w-50 and 90% of the consumption has been reduced.
LS1tech leads the way when it comes to fixing things....that's for sure. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Since I added Macs I have been going through 1 qt every 1,000 miles with bad WOT blueish smoking, I tried the Valvoline Extended life 10w-30 but it didn't help, I wonder if I mixed in a qt of 20w-50? I heard thats too heavy and will casue a big loss of HP! any ideas? my car never used a drop of oil before the headers with Amsoil 10w-30
<small>[ March 06, 2003, 11:05 AM: Message edited by: LS1JAY ]</small>
Re: Oil Consumption solved.... </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by redrumss:
<strong> Dont know the part# but if you search either here or the internal engine section under "updated PCV" then you should find it. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I searched the boards and could not find any reference to one from GM. Do you have any more info? Thanks
<strong> Dont know the part# but if you search either here or the internal engine section under "updated PCV" then you should find it. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I searched the boards and could not find any reference to one from GM. Do you have any more info? Thanks
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Re: Oil Consumption solved.... I am having good luck with the new valve as well. Actually, it's not a valve at all. That's the trick to the new design, it's got a much smaller orfice, but no vavle inside. Part number is 12572717. I'm 99% sure of that part number, but it would be great if someone could confirm it. I have so many numbers floating around here that sometimes they get mixed up. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> I'm almost positive that's the number though...
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Re: Oil Consumption solved.... I did the PCV mod on www.installuniversity.com (taken from f-body.com) and it worked well. No oil comsumption at all yet.
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Re: Oil Consumption solved.... I'll lose the 5-7 h.p. and that's an extreme case of h.p. loss I would think. Patman you are welcome to correct me if I am wrong on this. I would think for the 5.00 quart of oil every 1-2 weeks is worth it... Plus I could just spray a little more.... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_images/icons/tongue.gif" />
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Re: Oil Consumption solved.... Hey guys here is a thread with all of the ls6 conversion parts listed, I think I am gonna do this cause I just checked my TB when doing the ftra install and noticed a shitload of oil, I go through about 1 qt every 2k miles as it is now.
https://ls1tech.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ulti...;f=24;t=005536
https://ls1tech.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ulti...;f=24;t=005536